apparmor: fix deadlock in complain-mode change_hat

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-90179
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-17 17:17:11 UTC
Updated2026-09-17 17:17:11 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix deadlock in complain-mode change_hat The use of change_hat when in complain mode can cause a deadlock when the hat doesn't exist and a new learning profile is created for the missing profile. This is because change_hat() has taken the lock to search the hat list and creating the new learning profile needs to take the lock to add it to the list. From the bug report: Originally found in 7.0.0 in LTS ubuntu 26.04 with pam_apparmor + su in complain mode set to change hats. Then verified in newest available vanilla kernel I've compiled to see if still present: 7.2-rc7 vanilla -> affected checked also some other kernels: 6.18.44 vanilla -> affected 6.12.95 with debian patches -> unaffected On systems without bug (for example 6.12.95 debian) it just prints: aa_change_hat rc=0 On systems with bug, the executable always hangs, prints nothing and becomes unkillable. (And once stuck this way, it will cause any further hat changes to also cause the changing process to get stuck) Then in syslog you can find hint about cause: kernel: INFO: task hat:3409 blocked for more than 483 seconds. kernel: Not tainted 7.2.0-rc7 #1 kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. kernel: task:hat state:D stack:0 pid:3409 tgid:3409 ppid:2605 task_flags:0x400000 flags:0x00080800 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: <TASK> kernel: __schedule+0x48f/0xfe0 kernel: schedule+0x27/0xa0 kernel: schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30 kernel: __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x569/0xa10 kernel: aa_new_learning_profile+0x15f/0x210 kernel: build_change_hat+0x19f/0x3b0 kernel: change_hat.isra.0+0x5dd/0xd60 kernel: aa_change_hat+0x2f3/0x710 kernel: aa_setprocattr_changehat+0x121/0x1f0 kernel: do_setattr+0x28c/0x340 kernel: apparmor_setselfattr+0x20/0x50 kernel: security_setselfattr+0xf6/0x110 kernel: __x64_sys_lsm_set_self_attr+0x53/0x90 kernel: do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x5e0 kernel: ? __mod_memcg_lruvec_state+0xfd/0x260 kernel: ? lruvec_stat_mod_folio+0x8d/0xd0 kernel: ? __folio_mod_stat+0x2d/0x90 kernel: ? map_anon_folio_pte_nopf+0xd1/0x1f0 kernel: ? do_anonymous_page+0x184/0xa10 kernel: ? __handle_mm_fault+0x805/0x870 kernel: ? count_memcg_events+0xef/0x230 kernel: ? handle_mm_fault+0x1f0/0x2f0 kernel: ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0x7b0 kernel: ? do_syscall_64+0x94/0x5e0 kernel: ? exc_page_fault+0x75/0x160 kernel: entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7f815e134c8d kernel: RSP: 002b:00007fff6df94ea8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001cc kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000556d8c81d040 RCX: 00007f815e134c8d kernel: RDX: 0000000000000046 RSI: 0000556d8c81d040 RDI: 0000000000000064 kernel: RBP: 00007fff6df94ef0 R08: 00007f815e212ac8 R09: 000000000000000c kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000556d8c81d010 kernel: R13: 0000000000000026 R14: 0000000000000046 R15: 0000000000000064 kernel: </TASK> kernel: INFO: task hat:3409 is blocked on a mutex likely owned by task hat:3409. To fix the issue, lift the locking out of the core of aa_new_learning_profile(), introduce a wrapper function that takes the lock where needed, and have build_change_hat() call the core function that no longer takes the lock. In addition fix 4 other issues introduced by commit 32e92764d6f8d ("apparmor: grab ns lock and refresh when looking up changehat child profiles") - aa_get_profile_rcu() was replaced-by: aa_get_profile without the accompanying rcu_dereference_protected() - an extra aa_get_label(label) was introduced at the start of change_hat() without an accompanying aa_put_label() causing a reference count leak. - a reference count leak was introduced in the label_is_stale(label) case, where the newest profile would be leaked instead of the label passed to the function. - a potential UAF when the lookup walks up the tree with new_ns != ns the new label refere ---truncated---

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected b427061ca498309bf581bb6f8df4ffcfe4c772cd 00cce5e457cb690a3b3b3d334e76e71049ec8ae5 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 32e92764d6f8d251c1bca62be33793287b453a81 072fb5aeec2eac7d445bf28c7119a1d6f6a2e333 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 32e92764d6f8d251c1bca62be33793287b453a81 4ec11f14d1d6fdda787d991b142537be7841d395 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 862ae1fcc78aea9acab2ac87cccf6431f4682b8e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 65f95c1e7ce70bf339504e22473879e02026cfc4 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 9735e300a1c9259bfe4dc5ecdba472bb25574e8a git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5acb878db41328dae4d3249bc87b9ee4f290a663 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6446dbe02f4a3592bf062b4d12105927993086af git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 67ee65ec1a3eebdde76ccaa664d20dcf5b125a2f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.18.40 6.18.52 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.10.261 5.11 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.15.212 5.16 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.1.178 6.2 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.6.145 6.7 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.12.97 6.13 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 7.1.5 7.2 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 7.2 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.52 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.6 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ec11f14d1d6fdda787d991b142537be7841d395 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/00cce5e457cb690a3b3b3d334e76e71049ec8ae5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/072fb5aeec2eac7d445bf28c7119a1d6f6a2e333 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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